It’s officially been a year since the popular Umamusume: Pretty Derby mobile game launched on iOS and Android devices in Japan, so a celebration is in order. To mark the occasion, the official Pakatube YouTube channel for Cygames’ series started streaming a special anime. Featuring …Read more »
Before he was a household name and anime legend, director Hayao Miyazaki released a manga titled Shuna’s Journey, AKA Shuna no Tabi. The single-volume work full of watercolor illustrations was originally published in Japan back in 1983, and now it’s finally making its way to …Read more »
Sentai Filmworks is bringing the first Princess Principal: Crown Handler to Blu-ray on March 15, which means it’s time to check out the English dub cast and crew making it happen. In addition to revealing all of the folks behind the scenes, Sentai shared a …Read more »
Manga has its fair share of horror titles, and there’s a niche within that of horror stories that take place in nineteenth century England. Think of Black Butler and titles by Kaori Yuki. Mosae Nohara’s From the Red Fog is in this vein, giving us …Read more »
Tokyo Mew Mew New, the new anime based on the Tokyo Mew Mew manga, will be coming out in July. Ahead of this, a trailer has been released during the virtual “Tokyo Mew Mew New Anime Information Big♡Big♡Announcement Event!!!” In it, you can hear the …Read more »
Anime may not be at the Oscars this year, but we still have the r/anime awards, a.k.a. the Reddit Anime Awards. The winners have been announced, and each category has two possible winners, because official jurors and the public were each able to vote. There …Read more »
The final chapter of Atsushi Ohkubo’s Fire Force manga is officially out in the wild in Japan as of this year’s 13th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine. The last page of the closing chapter includes a note from the editorial department, which asks fans …Read more »
A new original anime titled Yurei Deco was recently revealed at production house Science SARU, which has brought us instant hits like Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Devilman crybaby, and more. Now another tease has arrived, including the reveal of the anime’s director. Tomohisa Shimoyama …Read more »
The first episode of the Kuroko’s Basketball anime—based on the manga written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki—aired on April 7, 2012. That means somehow we’re already marking its 10th anniversary! The folks behind the production are celebrating in a few ways, and you can see …Read more »
Amazingly, this year’s Crayon Shin-chan movie will be the series’s 30th feature anime film. Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Mononoke Ninja Chinpuden is set to premiere in Japanese theaters on April 22, and a new trailer is here to preview the big screen outing along with …Read more »
Stealing Pokémon cards is sad enough as it is, but it’s doubly pathetic when said thievery impacts a locally-owned small business like Forest Lake, Minnesota’s Punch Out Gaming. On February 10, the game and card shop was robbed in an unusual manner, as a thief …Read more »
Next week, NHK documentary series Professional Work Style devotes an episode to Hatsune Miku. She joins comedians, doctors, and directors in the series. But does this virtual idol really work as hard as the others in the series? Well, it’s the programmers and composers who work …Read more »
A special movie panel was held during this past weekend’s Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2022 event, giving us some more insight into the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero anime film. The CG-animated feature was on display with some new footage—director Tetsuro Kodama, Toei …Read more »
Last year a fire broke out at the home of mechanical designer Kazutaka Miyatake, killing his wife and causing horrible damage. Miyatake survived, and a GoFundMe page has been set up to help him out. The fundraiser is being put on by Tenjin Hidetaka, Adrian …Read more »
In December 2021, the just-finished convention Anime NYC was all over the news, and not for a fun reason. The second confirmed case of the Omicron COVID variant in America was found in a convention-goer, and shortly after it was reported that about half of …Read more »
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